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Plate: C.685-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Plate. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, violet, green, rose and detailed in black and brown. Enamelled on the front with three peony heads, one rose, one yellow and one violet with leaves. On the underside stems, leaves and petals are moulded and similarly enamelled.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
18th Century
Circa 1736 - 1795

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( in yellow, violet, green, rose and detailed in black and brown enamels)

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Porcelain painted in yellow, violet, green, rose and detailed in black and brown, with moulded decoration on front and underside

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: round, white, serrated, torn, the second two numbers are unclear

  • Text: 1??
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.685-1991
Primary reference Number: 21391
Old object number: CHICER/195

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 27 November 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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